My memory of living in Belfast during the 1974 loyalist workers' strike
Today is the 50th anniversary of the last day of the Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike which, although it only lasted for a fortnight in May 1974, is generally regarded as one of the defining events of the modern Northern Ireland conflict, and one that culminated in the downfall of the region's first power-sharing executive, as well as leading to a hardening of political and communal attitudes.
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